Sunset & Sunrise Today in Berkeley, California

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Berkeley at 7:42 PM, having risen at 6:36 AM. That works out to 13h 05m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Berkeley falls at 1:10 PM.

Berkeley lies at latitude 37.87°, in the mid-latitudes, where daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 18 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Berkeley keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Berkeley's golden hour, about 7:08 PM to 7:59 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:59 PM to 8:09 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Berkeley is at 7:40 PM and sunrise at 6:37 AM — about 2m 19s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Berkeley drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Berkeley right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Berkeley ranges from as early as 4:49 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:35 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 47m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 31m.